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720	<li>Combined 2027 Government expenditure under the Bill comes to&nbsp;Rs. 9.92 t</li>
721	<li>Net outstanding borrowings for the 2027 financial year capped at Rs. 3.8 t</li>
722	<li>Finance Ministry tops individual Ministry allocations at&nbsp;Rs. 856.85 b; Provincial Councils, budgeted separately, come to&nbsp;Rs. 659.95 b</li>
723	<li>First Reading due 7 Oct., Budget speech and Second Reading on 12 Nov.</li>
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727<p><img src="https://bmkltsly13vb.compat.objectstorage.ap-mumbai-1.oraclecloud.com/cdn.ft.lk/assets/uploads/image_a94d430fa1.jpg" style="margin: 10px; float: right; height: 409px; width: 450px;" />The Appropriation Bill for the 2027 financial year has been published in the Government Gazette, setting out an estimated Rs. 4.99 trillion in service expenditure for Government Ministries and Departments and capping net Government borrowings for the year at Rs. 3.8 trillion.<br /><br />
728The Bill, published as a Gazette Extraordinary Supplement dated 18 September, 2026, by order of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in his capacity as Finance, Planning and Economic Development Minister, seeks Parliamentary authority for the Government&rsquo;s service expenditure for the period 1 January to 31 December, 2027, and for related borrowing.<br /><br />
729The Bill fixes the Government&rsquo;s estimated service expenditure for the 2027 financial year at Rs. 4.99 trillion, to be met from the Consolidated Fund, Government funds, or borrowings, and chargeable in accordance with the First Schedule to the Bill.&nbsp;<br /><br />
730The same clause estimates the Government&rsquo;s statutory expenditure, meaning expenditure that other laws already charge to the Consolidated Fund independent of this Bill, at Rs. 4.92 trillion for the same period, set out in the Second Schedule. Added together, the two figures bring total Government expenditure provided for under the Bill to approximately Rs. 9.92 trillion.<br /><br />
731The Bill separately caps the net outstanding balance of borrowings raised by or on behalf of the Government during the 2027 financial year at not more than Rs. 3.8 trillion, with details of such borrowings required to be included in the final Budget position report tabled in Parliament under Section 51 of the Public Financial Management Act, No. 44 of 2024.<br /><br />
732Notably, Provincial Councils (Heads 312&ndash;319 and 321) are budgeted as a distinct block within the First Schedule at Rs. 574.95 billion recurrent and Rs. 85.00 billion capital, a combined Rs. 659.95 billion, rather than being folded into the Public Administration Ministry&rsquo;s own Rs. 651billion figure above, even though Provincial Councils fall within that Ministry&rsquo;s named portfolio.&nbsp;<br /><br />
733Counted together, the Ministry&rsquo;s effective allocation would rise to roughly Rs. 1.31 trillion, ahead of Finance. The bulk of the Public Administration Ministry&rsquo;s own Rs. 651 billion is driven by the Department of Pensions, which alone accounts for Rs. 550.35 billion.<br /><br />
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1070</div>
1071</div>
1072</div>
1073
1074
1075<div class="container">
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1085<p class="text-center">All the content on this website is copyright protected and can be reproduced only by giving the due courtesy to 'ft.lk' Copyright � 2004 Wijeya Newspapers Ltd.</p>
1086
1087
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1089
1090</footer>	
1091	  </header>	
1092	
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1099
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1100
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1211                                    var windowWidth = $(window).width();
1212                                    if(windowWidth > 1324) {
1213                                        $(".adsBanner").show();
1214                                        if(windowWidth > 1334) {
1215                                            var positionPx = ((windowWidth - 1334) / 2) + "px";
1216                                            $(".invisible1").css('left',positionPx);
1217                                            $(".invisible2").css('right',positionPx);
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1220                                    else { $(".adsBanner").hide(); }
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1222                            </script>
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1281    
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1285                                $(window).resize(function(){ adsBanner(); });
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1287                                    var windowWidth = $(window).width();
1288                                    if(windowWidth > 1324) {
1289                                        $(".adsBanner").show();
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1291                                            var positionPx = ((windowWidth - 1334) / 2) + "px";
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1352
1353           
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1363<div id="myModal1" class="d-none d-lg-block"> 
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1366<a id="close0" title="Close" class="popclose"><img src="https://www.ft.lk/assets/closs-sinu.png" width="54" height="55" alt=""/></a>
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1370
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1383
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1415</div>
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1435  window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []};
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1442<script type="a5705801ec1a262a44585f21-text/javascript">
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1470  
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